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FILM MAGAZINE Filed Dec. 28, 193B k4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented Jan. 30, 1940 UNITED STATES itATENT @Frl FILM MAGAZINE Isaac N. Odell, Rochester, N. Y., and Francis Meade Bailey, Ames, Iowa, assignors to' i Defender Photo Supply Company, Incorporated,

Rochester, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application December 28, 1938,- Serial No. 248,088 17 Claims. (Cl. 95--72) This inventionrelates to a lm magazine that Another purpose of the invention is to provide is removably positionable in a camera back in a a guide member embodying spring linger portions manner analogous to a plate holder or lm pack that are positionable alternately on opposite sides adapter, and is constructed to receive for Succesof a lm envelope, the guide member being slid- 5 sive exposure a number of individual nlm packably displaceable on a support that is actuated '5 ages or envelopes of paper or thin cardboard which transversely of the inlet opening of the magazine are inserted into the magazine one at a time, to close the opening, and held to the limit of its each. alter the previously inserted film has been transverse movement by spring means so as to exposed, the several nlm envelopes being retained afford engagement of the ngers of the guide l in the magazine until the limit of its capacity is member with the nlm package as it is insertedfl reached, when it is removed from the camera and Another purpose of the invention is to afford unloaded in a darli room for developing.- a simple and practical construction that can be The invention is intended for use in connection manufactured at a reasonable cost, which perwitb. a nlm package of paper, cardboard, or other mits easily opening the magazine for unloading l, light weight material, such as illustrated in Patand can otherwise be readily operated, and whichqxl cnt Nox 211182,25?, June l, 193'7,` or any film holder also insures light-tight connections between the in which a sheet of light sensitive material is body of the magazine and the movable portions arranged within an outer envelope that may also thereofA receive an inner envelope or light guard sur- To these and other ends, the invention con- ,20 rounding the light sensitive sheet and adapted to sists in the construction and arrangement of parts be removed to uncover the latter after the packthat will appear clearly from the following deage has been inserted into a magazine, and one sciption when read in conjunction with the ac- Object of the invention is to afford a construction @Omi-allyllg drawings, the HOVel featleS being that will properly guide such a lm package as pointed out in the claims following the specica- ...25 it is inserted into the magazine, and in a Way tion. 25 such that it will not engage or tear the open end rl the draWngS of a previously inserted lm envelope, or be held Fig. l is a plan View of a magazine removed thereby against movement into the magazine. from a Camera. and Showing a preferred embodi- More particularly the invention comprehends nient of theinvention;

a structure including a displaceable guide mem- Fis. 2 is a side elevation of the Construction 30 ber that is located on one side of a iilm package as 4shown in Fig. l with the light guard ill DOSOII; the latter is iirst inserted into a magazine, and by Fig. 3 is a similar View with the light guard successive operations, is positionable first between removed and showinga film package inserted; thewalls of the outer lm envelope, and nally on Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the construction V the opposite side of the outer envelope, in which Shown in Fig. l, looking OWJd the inlet Opening, 35

' nnal posit-ion the guide member overlies the enthat receives the lm laCkge;

velope already in the magazine and is between 5 is an end elevation of the construction it and the outer wall of a newly inserted envelope, Shown in Fig. l looking toward the ODDOSB 6nd, thus preventing the latter from contacting the and showing the locking means for holding the .40 edges o1 the walls at the open end of the envelope hinged back Wall engaged Wll the bOCly Portion-40 in the magazine, but causing it to ride thereover of the magazine, the back Wall being unlocked Without interference. and swung away from the body portion to permit An additional object of the' invention is to unloading; aford an. arrangement that will hold a series Fig. 6 is a plan View oi one form of iilm paolioi' lm packages of lcardboard or light weight with which the magazine is intended to be ,45 material, permitting their independent insertion v used, Showing the Darts Sealed as Wlln llSeYSd; successively alter each exposure, the parts being Fig. 'l' is a similar View of the envelope, parso constructed that all open portions or joints of tally 'broken' away, Showing aS it WOllld llel the magazine are thoroughly sealed against'light, in the magazine after the seal is broken, the inner and the'displaceable guide'member'canpartake Bill/Glop@ Ol light guard having' been removed 50 of its necessary movement for insuring proper from the' outer envelope, and the light sensitive insertion of a lm package into the magazine, ysheetI being ready for exposurethrough the e"- without admitting light' to the-interior anywhere posure walll ofthe envelope; between the magazinev and the displaceableguide Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view showing member. the position of the parts when. a film package .55

such as illustrated in Fig. 6 is initially inserted into the magazine, before breaking the seal;

Fig. 9 is a similar longitudinal sectional view showing the position of the parts after the envelope seal is broken and the guide member has been operated outwardly and again inwardly toy position its finger portions between the outer and inner envelopes of the nlm package, so as to hold the outer envelope while removing the inner envelope or light guard;

' Fig. 10 is a similar sectional View, somewhat enlarged and partially broken away, showing the position of the parts after the inner envelope of the film package has been removedand the displaceable guide member slid outwardly, away from engagement with the interior of the outer envelope;

Fig. 1l is a View similar to Fig. l0, showingthe position of the parts after the guide member has been again moved inwardly to its normal position, and its nger portions have ridden over the lm envelope so as to cover the edges of its walls at its open end and hold them out of the path cf the package next to be inserted;

Fig. l2 is a similar sectional viewshowingthe position assumed by the parts when another lm package is inserted between the guide member, which overlies the open end of the iirst film envelope, and the exposure wall of the magazine;

Fig. i3 is a horizontal sectional View, partially broken away, showing the position of the parts corresponding to Fig. l0, with the guide member displaced outwardly with relation to the film package;

Fig. 14 is a similar sectional view, showing the position of the parts corresponding to Fig. 9, with the guide member located between the walls of the outer envelope of the lm package, the outer envelope being partially broken away;

Fig. l5 is asimilar sectional View showing the position of the parts corresponding to Fig. l1, with the guide member located between the lm package and the exposure wall of the magazine, and in position vto guide a second film package into operative relationship in the magazine;

Fig. 16 is a transverse sectional View on the line lE-l of Fig. 11 looking inthe direction indicated, and

Fig. 17 is a transverse sectional view on the line l'l-l'l of Fig. 11 looking in the direction indicated, showing the relation of the guide member and nger portions to the deected film package.

The embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, which is intended merely as illustrative of one practical adaptation, is intended for use with a iilm package or envelope such as disclosed in Patent No. 2,082,257, dated June l, 1937. The structure disclosed in the patent referred to includes in general an outer envelope containing a sheet of light sensitive material, or

and a second envelope or light guard surrounding the film and located within the iirst mentioned or outer envelope, and designed to vhold the film in light-tight relation -to the outer envelope until the package is positioned in a ycamera back, whereupon a seal can be broken and the inner envelope removed, leaving the outer envelope and itscontained 'film within the camera ready for exposure.

An operator may carry a large number of-such light weight, thin film packages, reach of which maintains its lm in light-tight condition until it is in the magazine, and may successively insert a series of such film packages into a magazine where they are successively exposed and retained. When iilled with lm, the magazine is removed from the camera until suitable dark room facili` ties enable unloading it and removing the film. The problem heretofore hasl been to provide a nlm magazine with structure that would permit inserting successive film packages without interference, or without being obstructed by the free edges of the open end of the envelope previously inserted, or in other words, to guide a nlm package as it is inserted into proper position over the previously inserted package or packages, until the capacity of the magazine is reached.

Inl general,` this is accomplished by a guide memberin the magazine inlet opening that is yieldably heldV against the iilm packager and is displaceable endwise thereof, so that after inserting a nlm ypackage such as described and breaking theseal, the guide member is displaced outwardly of the'magazine and then returned to its initial position, causing it thereupon to occupy a position between the outer envelope and the inner light guard envelope of the iilm package. .in this position, the Vguide member functions to hold the outer envelope while the operator pulls out the inner light-guard envelope and removes'it entirely from the 'magazine leaving the outer envelope and its contained film within the magazine ready forexposure. The guide member is thus positioned between the back and front walls of the lm envelope and is again displaced endwise and returned to its initial position, causing Y it thereupon to assume a position over both walls the film envelope, that is, between the envelope Yand the exposure wall of the magazine. After exposure ofthe iilm already inserted, the guide member is in positionto receive a second film packagaand-to guide it into the magazine over the-edges of the open end of the film envelope previously positioned, and a multiplicity of hlm packages can be thus successively inserted and lthe Vfilms vexposed until the magazine is filled,

whereupon it is removed from the camera and unloaded in `a dark room for developing the nlm.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, in which like lreference numerals refer to the same parts throughout the several views, the magazine includes-a bodyportion consisting of the* front or :exposure wall l having an exposure opening 2t therein and `side walls 3,:and a light guard or b-ack wallportion :4, see Figs. 1 and l0, while 5 ldesignates-the main back wall which is hinged to the body portion at and includes the side walls 'l' adapted to embrace the aforementioned side walls 3 of the body portion, the hinged back vwellbeing movable away from the body portion vabout the pivotal point -6 to permit unloading the magazine through the opening 8 beneath the `back wall portion 4. The movable back wall is ,held in closed relationship with the body portion of the magazine by means ofthe slidable locking member 9 which is slidable on the guides ffii carried by the side wall 1 of the hinged back wall, Yan'd engages suitable fasteners Il carried by Vthe'body portion l and located in the path of the locking member 'Svwhenthe magazine is closed, as

own in Fig. f5.

In Figs. '6 'and 7 is illustrated a formof nlm package or envelope'such as may be used in the magazine herein disclosed, and constructed or papenxcardboard 'or other light weight material. Such a film package includes an outer envelope yclosed at vits sides fand one vend and having a front lor exposure Wall l2 and a suitable back wall, an inner envelope or light guard I3 `open at its inner` end and having connected opposed walls located within the outer envelope and enclosing the sheet of lm or light sensitive material lll, the latter being protected by the light guard i3 until the package is inserted into a magazine for exposure. The parts are held in this relation until ready for use by means of a suitable seal iii which holds the inner envelope or light guard i3 in fixed relation to the film and outer envelope l2, While It is a pull string for breaking the seal I5 after the package is inserted into a magazine. When the seal l5 is broken, the light guard or inner envelope i3 is pulled outwardly and removed, leaving the outer envelope with exposure wall l and its contained film Ill within the camera ready for exposure, and it is to be understood that the structure now to be described will receive a series of such iilm packages one after the other to the limit of capacity of the magazine, thus doing away with the necessity of using the cumbersome and heavy plates and plate holders now in use.

Located above and spaced from the exposure wall I of the magazine, and surrounding the opening 2, is an outer wall l?, see Fig. l0, affording guideways between the walls l and I8 to receive the light slide EQ, see Fig. 2, which is removed from the magazine alter the nlm package is inserted and ready for exposure. E@ designates a transverse rib on the outer wall ll adapted to make a light-tight engagement with the opening in a camera back when the magazine is inserted. as usual in the case of plate holders. The light slide lll is inserted through the opening 25. while 22 designates the inlet opening through which the ilm package is inserted, as shown in Fig. l2, the film package or envelope entering between a yieldable light guard 23 extending across the opening and the guide member which will now be described in detail. The guard 23 is preferably carried by a plate 23a which slidably embraces the wall l, and also carriesl a strip of light-tight material 24 fitting in the opening 2l and cooperating with the light slide I9.

The guide member includes preferably a curved plate of spring metal designated at 25, see Figs. l and 1l, that yieldably engages the film package as it is inserted and guides it to proper position. To effect this, the guide member or spring metal plate E includes two pointed Lnger portions Zll, see Fig. lll, between which is a recessed portion 2l, said finger portions 26 and recessed portion 2l dening the forward edge oi the guide member which in Fig. lll is shown located over a previously inserted and already exposed film and film envelope. The wall l of the body portion of the magazine is indented inwardly adjacent to the exposure opening to afford a projection 23, see Figs. l0 to l2 and. l'l, said projection 28 engaging the marginal portion of a film package at the center thereof transversely and pressing it inwardl", as shown in Fig. 17, away from the wall l and guide member. The recessed portion lll straddles the projection Ztl, while on opposite sides thereof. the linger portions 26 engage said wall l, thus insuring the finger portions 2li moving over the previously inserted iilm envelope between it and the wall l, as shown in Fig. l1, when the guide member is displaced endwise of the lm package by sliding it first outwardly asin Fig. l0 and then returning it to its initial position as shown in Fig. l1.

To eli'ect this necessary movement of the guide member 25, it is mounted xedly on a slide 3|, see Fig. 16, which carries at its outer end a depending light guard portion 32 carrying the handle 33 by which it is readily pulled to its outermost position, as shown in Fig. 10. The slide 3l lis movable forwardly and backwardly on the channel-shaped support 34, see Fig. 16, said slide 3l having ilanges 35 which embrace underside of the support 34 with sufficient play to permit the necessary sliding movement of the guide member on the support.

The support includes depending walls 36 which limit the forward and backward movement oi the slide 3l and the guide member carried thereby, and the support 34 with its depending walls 36 is telescopically mounted for movement transversely of thelmagazine on the channel-shaped base 3l which may be formed integrally with exterior portions 3B, see Figs. 2 and 3, and aback wall 39 by which the entire assembly just described may be slidably and irictio-nally engaged on the body portion of the magazine, or the channel-shaped base 3l may il preferred be permanently attached to the body portion of the magazine.

In order to actuate the guide member and its le transversely of the inlet opening and tothe rllm package as it is inserted, a coil spring l3l, see Fig. 1U, is located between the channel base 3l and the support 3d which is telescopically arranged on vthe base, the spring acting to move the support 34 laterally, see Fig. l0, while 42 designates suitable limiting stop members carried by the support 34 and extending through openings in the base 37 to limit the relative movement between the telesooping support 3d and the base on which it moves. This arrangement is such as to permit a yieldable bodily movement of the spring guide member toward the film package as the latter is inserted, holding it in proper engagement therewith and also permitting the necessary displacement of the guide member and its slide, while at all. times maintaining a light-tight relation with the magazine.

lilith the parts arranged as described, and as,`

to be pressed outwardly and the guide member,v

with its finger portions 26 to be pressed inwardly. With the parts in this position, the string I 6 is pulled to break the seal between the inner and outer envelopes, and the guide member is then displaced outwardly as far as it will go and Upon theA then returned to its initial position. return movement of the guide member, its linger portions enter between the inner and outer envelopes of the film package, as shown in Fig.

il, and the ends of the guide member engage:

under the side wall of the outer envelope at its edges, as shown in Fig. lll, being thus in position to hold the outer envelope in such position and lock it against outward movement. The

inner envelope can then be removed by pulling it outwardly, leaving the outer envelope and its contained nlm within the magazine ready for exposure.

Then by outwardly, and return position, en 'age over the ou exposure wall ci the shown in Fig. ll, and the lm ,is ready ior xposure. The light slide ld can be removed and the lili-.n exposed in the usual manner, after which the light sldeis rein-serted and a second lm package can be insertedv inthe same manner as already described. When the second film package is insertel, the linger portions 2t entirely overlie the outer end of the exposure wall of the previously inserted film envelope, as shown in Fig. l5, so that the newly inserted package slides in over the previously inserted package and assumes a position thereabove, as illustrated in Fig. i2, with the guide member between the previously exposed film envelope and the newly inserted film package, whereupon the operations already described are repeated. Additional iili'n packages may be inserted and exposed until the magazine is lled, when it is removed from the camera and opened in a dark room to unload the several films for developing.

The back wall portion 'l, see Fig. l0, which extends for a substantial distance beyond the hinged connection t of the back wall 5, aords an effective light seal for the hinged joint of the movable back wall 5, while at the same time permits unloading the magazine through the opening 8 when the movable back wall is unlocked and swung away from the body portion.

The iilm packages or envelopes' are held snugly within the magazine by means of the follower' plate l5 which carries an actuating leaf spring 46, one end of which engages the back wall portion 5, as shown in Figs. 9 to l2, while the other end engages the main back wall 5, the spring follower being removable from the magazine when it is to be unloaded.

, While the invention has been described with respect to the disclosed embodiment, it is not confined to the precise details or arrangements shown, and this application. is intended to cover any modications or departures that may come within the purposes of the improvement or the scope of the following claims.

We claim:

1. The combination with a nlm magazine having an inlet opening, of a support carried by the magazine and located to one side of said opening, guide member extending across said opening and mounted on said support, said guide member being movable endwise oi the magazine in opposite directions to occupy positions successively on opposite sides of a lm package, the innermost portions of the guide member being positionable .successively slightly inwardly and slightly outwardly of the outer end of a lm packfao age when the latter is in the magazine 2. The combination with a film magazine hav- 'ing an inlet opening, oi a support yieldably mounted on the magazine at one side oi said opening, a guide member extending across said opening and mounted on said support, said guide member being movable endwise of the magazine in opposite directions to occupy positions successively on opposite sides of a iilm package, the innermost portions of the guide member being successively positionahle slightly inwardly and slightly outwardly of the outer end of a iilm package when the latter is in the magazine.

3. The combination with a film magazine having an inlet opening, of a support yieldably mounted on the magazine and located to one side of said opening, a guide member extending across said opening, and a slide mounted on said support movable endwise of the magazine and carrying the guide member, said yieldable support permitting movement of the slide and guide member transversely of said opening, and the innermost portions of the guide member being successively positionable slightly inwardly and slightly outwardly of the outer end of a lm package when the latter is in the magazine.

4. The combination with a Iilm magazine having an inlet opening, of a support carried by the magazine and located to one side of said opening, a guide member extending across said opening, a slide mounted on said support and movable endwise of the magazine and carrying the guide member, a base on which the support is arranged for transverse movement, spring means between the base and said support, and means limiting movement of the support on the base, the. innermost portions of the guide member being successively positionable slightly inwardly and slightly outwardly of the outer end of a lm package when the latter is in the magazine.

5. The combination with a lm magazine having an inlet opening, of a spring metal guide member movable endwise of the magazine from a position slightly inwardly of said opening to a position substantially within the opening and beyond the outer end of a film package positioned within the magazine, and a transversely yieldable support for the guide member, carried by the magazine and located to one side of said opening.

6. The combination with a iilm magazine having an inlet opening, of a spring metal guide member movable from a position slightly inwardly of said opening to a position substantially within said opening and beyond the outer end of a film package located within the magazine, a slide on which the guide member is mounted, and a support for said slide carried by the magazine at one side of said opening and yieldable transversely of the magazine.

7. The combination with a lm magazine having an inlet opening, of a spring metal guide member including linger portions movable under a wall of a film envelope, a slide on which the guide member is supported, and a transversely yieldable support for the slide carried by the magazine at one side of said opening, said guide member being movable endwise of the magazine to position said linger portions slightly inwardly Y or slightly outwardly with reference to the outer end of a lm package positioned in the magazine.

8. The combination with a film magazine having an exposure wall and an inlet opening, the exposure wall having an inwardly extending projection located centrally thereof adjacent to said opening and acting to hold the edge of a film envelope away from the exposure wall, oi a guide member carried by and movable endwise of the magazine in opposite directions in said opening and having finger portions movable between the outer wall -of a film envelope and the exposure Wall on opposite sides of said projection, said nger portions being successively positionable slightly inwardly and slightly youtwardly with reference to the outer end of a lm package positioned in the magazine.

9. The combination with a film magazine having an exposure wall and an inlet opening, of a guide member occupying said opening with its free edge engaging the exposure wall of the magazine, said guide member being carried by and movable endwise of the magazine and positionable over the end of an inserted envelope when moved to its innermost position and spaced from the end of the envelope when moved to its outermost position.

l0. The combination with a lm magazine having an exposure wall and an inlet opening, of a guide member carried by and movable end- Wise of the magazine, said guide member having finger portions engageable with the exposure Wall of the magazine on opposite sides of the transverse center thereof, and means adjacent said inlet opening for deecting an inserted en velope away from said exposure wall to permit said Iinger portions of the guide member to enter between the exposure wall and the envelope when moved inwardly, said nger portions being successively positionable slightly inwardly and slightly outwardly with reference to the outer end of a iilm package positioned in the magazine.

11. The combination with a film magazine having an inlet opening, of a slide located at one side of said opening, said slide being carried by and movable longitudinally of the magazine, and a spring-metal guide member i'ixed to said slide and extending across the inlet opening.

l2. The combination with a iilm magazine having an exposure wall and an inlet opening, of a slide located at one side of said opening, said slide being carried by and movable longitudinally of the magazine, a spring-metal guide member fixed to said slide and extending across the inlet opening, said guide member inciuding finger portions at its forward edge on opposite sides of its transverse center, and means cent said inlet opening for deflecting tbe edge of an envelope away from the exposure wall of the magazine.

13. The combination with a film magazine having an exposure wall and an inlet opening, of a slide mounted at one side of said opening, said slide being carried by and movable endwise of the magazine, a spring-metal guide member xed to said slide and extending across the open'- ing, a support on which said slide is movable, a base upon which the support is arranged for transverse movement, and spring means located between said base and the support to actuate the latter and the guide member toward tlie exposure wall of the magazine.

14. The combination with a film magazine having an exposure Wall and an inlet opening, of a channel-shaped base carried by and extending from side to side of the magazine at one side of said opening, a channel-shaped support telescopically arranged on said base and extending from side to side of the magazine, spring means located between the base and the support for actuating the latter away from the base, means for limiting movement of the support on the base, a slide mounted on the support and movable endwise of the magazine, and a spring metal guide member fixed to said slide and extending across tlie inlet opening into contact with the exposure wall.

l5. The combination with a lm magazine having an exposure wall and an inlet opening, oi a channel-shaped base carried by and extending from side to side of the magazine at one side of said opening, a channel-shaped support telescopically arranged on said nase and extending from side to side of the magazine, spring means located between the base the support for actuating the latter away from base, means for limiting movement of the support on the base, a slide mounted on the support and mow able endwise of the magazine, a spring metal guide member xed to said slide and extending across the inlet opening into contact with the exposure wall of the magazine, said wall having an inwardly extending projection at its center adjacent to the inlet opening to deflect tlie edge of an envelope away from the wall, and the guide member being recessed at its center to straddle said projection and having forwardly extending linger portions on opposite sides of said projec tion engageable under the edge of an envelope.

16. The combination with a film magazine having an exposure wall and an inlet opening, oi' a channel-shaped base carried by and extending from side to side of the magazine at one side of said opening, a channel-shaped support telescoping on said base and extending from side to side of the magazine, spring means between the base and the support for actuating the latter away from the base, means for limiting suoli movement, a slide movable on the support, a laterally bent portion at the outer end of the slide, a handle carried by said laterally bent portieri, a guide member` xed to the slide, and a flexible light guard secured to the exposure wail with its free end engaging said guide member.

17. A film magazine comprising a body portion having an exposure wall and side walls, a main back wall hinged to the body portion, the body portion having a supplemental baci: wall extending for a distance beyond said hinged oonnection and adjacent to the main back wall, and a follower operable to press a film package toward said exposure wall and having attached thereto a leaf spring extending endwise of the magazine and resting against said main back wall and said supplemental back wall respectively.

ISAAC N. ODELL. FRANCIS MEADE BAILEY.

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